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A Seattle restaurant pushes diners to eat beyond their borders through its embrace of global street foods. 

The Pan-American Highway is considered the longest road in the world – it stretches nearly 20,000 miles, from Alaska to Argentina. In her new docuseries Pati Jinich Explores PanAmericana, Pati talks with people along the famous route about the different ways we form our identitie ... Show More

Early polar explorers faced long nights and dangerous expeditions. To entertain themselves, they wrote and published niche newspapers and periodicals. Atlas Obscura’s community editor Allegra Rosenberg reads an essay exploring this unique polar tradition. Read her full essay here ... Show More

In celebration of National Poetry Day in the UK, we invite you to enjoy Rupert’s recital of Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke. The spontaneous and joyful delivery comes in response to a request to comment on the topic of food. The poem is from Rilke’s collection ‘Sonn ... Show More

Né en 1978, Grégoire Courtois a publié au Quartanier Révolution, Suréquipée et Les lois du ciel. Ces deux derniers titres ont été repris en poche par Folio, et Les lois du ciel est paru en anglais chez Coach House Books sous le titre The Laws of the Skies, remarqué par le New Yor ... Show More

durée : 00:58:02 - Le Souffle de la pensée - par : Géraldine Mosna-Savoye - Aujourd'hui, place à un sociologue, à l'un des premiers à avoir fait une place à l'émigré-immigré dans sa discipline : il s'agit d'Abdelmalek Sayad, dont le texte phare, "La double absence", a marqué l'ex ... Show More

Tim and Katherine Ballard share the story of the relentless efforts taken that have gone into trying to find Gardy Mardy, a 2-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Port Au Prince Haiti in late 2009. Listen on: Spotify YouTube Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Read Tim's latest stat ... Show More

On the morning of January 24 1987, nine-year-old Eric Coy hopped on his bike to make the one-mile journey to his cousin Eddrick’s house in the Northern Californian town of Martinez. The two boys were best friends and it was a trip Eric had made countless times before. Eager to ge ... Show More

On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 years By Giles Tremlett. Read by Luis Soto. Help support our independent journalism at theguar ... Show More